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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1865
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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DEATHS FROM DIARRHÆAL AFFECTIONS DURING FIVE YEARS IN THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS OF ISLINGTON.
| 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | Total. | Per 1000 Persons. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Highgate Hill | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 6.3 |
| *Tufnell | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 .2 |
| *Belle Isle | 1 | a | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 6.6 |
| *Lower Holloway | 12 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 68 | 7.3 |
| Palmer | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12.1 |
| *Bemerton | 19 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 19 | 102 | 8.8 |
| Barnsbury | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 82 | 3.5 |
| Park Street | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2.5 |
| Theberton | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 5.1 |
| Trinity | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 3.4 |
| St. Thomas | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 4.3 |
| White Conduit | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 8.1 |
| Canal | 13 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 65 | 6.2 |
| Battle Bridge. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 6.3 |
| *Archway | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 3.7 |
| *Hornsey Rise | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.8 |
| *Freehold | 3 | — | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 8.6 |
| *Hornsey Road | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 5.5 |
| *Queen's Road | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 7.2 |
| Highbury Hill | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1.7 |
| Highbury Vale | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 3.8 |
| Canonbury | 6 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 3.0 |
| *Rydon | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2.6 |
| *Mildmay | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 8.2 |
| Kingsland | 6 | — | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 4.0 |
| Balls Pond | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 9.2 |
| *Market | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 5.6 |
| Rotherfield | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 5.6 |
| Church | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 5.9 |
| Lower Road | 13 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 68 | 6.4 |
| *Shepherdess | 9 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 6.8 |
| St. Peter's | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 3.2 |
| Duncan | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1.2 |
| Irish Courts | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9.5 |
| City Road | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3.3 |